2nd – 12th March 2023

Cost: From £3600 per person * (see below)

Update: there are now only 2 spaces left! This can either be in a twin female share, a twin male share or a mixed room triple share (currently 1 male in there).

The Socorro Islands (Archipiélago de Revillagigedo) are 4 remote little dots in the vast Pacific Ocean, San Benedicto, Socorro, Roca Partida and Clarión. They are the tips of volcanoes that form part of a submerged mountain range providing a home to some of the oceans large pelagics, Mantas, Whales, Sharks and Dolphins. Diving here will blow your mind.

The Vessel…

Nautilus Explorer is our flag ship featuring an all new super-large dive deck and water level platform combined with picture windows around the main salon and separate dining room. We love the Explorer and she looks fantastic with her recent stretch to 132 feet in length, new air conditioning and interior updates.

Where is Socorro?

The Socorro Islands are roughly a days sail south of Cabo San Lucas, which is located at the south tip of Baja Mexico. The islands are 240 miles (390 kilometers) off the Baja Peninsula, due to this remote location, the islands are a haven for the big animals diving at the cleaning stations of San Benedicto, Socorro and Roca Partida.

Google map for reference

The world’s friendliest giant mantas

You can see giant mantas in many places around the world. But nowhere else boasts a population of giant mantas that literally seek out interaction with divers and snorkellers.

The behaviour these giant mantas exhibit is almost inexplicable. These gentle giants with a wingspan up to 20 feet (6m) consistently approach divers for intimate eye-to-eye encounters. If you are able to be calm and still in the water, you are almost sure to experience what we call “manta love.”

While mantas are the main reason to voyage out to Socorro, there are lots of other animals to see, including schooling hammerheads and silky sharks, plus 10 other species of sharks, bottlenose dolphins that consistently hang out with divers at certain dive sites, large schools of pelagic fish, and, in season, humpback whales.

What is the diving like at Socorro Island?

After an overnight voyage we arrive at these Jurassic Park-like islands and with a little luck from mother ocean will experience interactions with our giant mantas unlike anywhere else.

The mantas of the Socorro Islands love divers, they love to swim with divers, love to feel our bubbles hitting their bellies and then they quiver with excitement. Socorro is also home to humpback whales, dolphins and up to 10 types of sharks.

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There are different costs depending on which room you are in, some of these rooms are more like hotel suites rather than your standard boat room!

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